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United States FKtent and Trademark Office
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Addrcw: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, Vugi/iia 22313-1450
www.ospto.gov
APPLICATION NUMBER
FILING OR 371 (c) DATE
FIRST NAMED APPLICANT
ATTORNEY DOCKET NUMBER
10/747,634
12/29/2003
Rudolf Schusteritsch
29505/39547
04743
MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP
6300 SEARS TOWER
233 S. WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, IL 60606
CONFIRMATION NO. 5732
FORMALITIES LETTER
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Date Mailed: 04/09/2004
NOTICE TO FILE MISSING PARTS OF NONPROVISIONAL APPLICATION
FILED UNDER 37 CFR 1 .53(b)
Filing Date Granted
Items Required To Avoi d Abandonment:
An application number and filing date have been accorded to this application. The item(s) indicated below,
however, are missing. Applicant is given TWO MONTHS from the date of this Notice within which to file all
required items and pay any fees required below to avoid abandonment. Extensions of time may be obtained by
filing a petition accompanied by the extension fee under the provisions of 37 CFR 1.136(a).
• The signature of the following inventor(s) is missing from the oath or declaration:
Carlos /. McEvilly Manjimath A. Chatterjee Jin Quo Jens Nagel Marie E. White
• To avoid abandonment, a late filing fee or oath or declaration surcharge as set forth in 37 CFR 1 . 1 6(e) of
$130 for a non-small entity, must be submitted with the missing items identified in this letter.
SUMMARY O F FEES DUE:
Total additional fee(s) required for this application is $130 for a Large Entity
• $130 Late oath or declaration Surcharge.
Items Required To Avoid Processing Delays:
The item(s) indicated below are also required and should be submitted with any reply to this notice to avoid
further processing delays.
• A new oath or declaration, identifying this application number is required. The oath or declaration does not
comply with 37 CFR 1 .63 in that it:
• does not identify the citizenship of each inventor.
Replies should be mailed to:
Mail Stop Missing Parts
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Commissioner for Patents
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450
A copy of this notice MUST be returned with the reply.
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Initial Patent Examination Division (703) 308-1202
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